Food & Nutrition Security Portal

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Food and Nutrition security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to food, which is safe and consumed in sufficient quantity and quality to meet their dietary needs and food preferences, and is supported by an environment of adequate sanitation, health services and care, allowing for a healthy and active life (CFS). Food and nutrition security is defined by four dimensions: right to adequate food, availability, accessibility, and utilization.

Sustainable global food system

A sustainable, global food system should be grounded in human rights, most particularly the Right to adequate food and its obligation to progressively take steps to reach a world where everyone is food secure and malnutrition is eliminated. The human rights approach compels us to pay special attention to those most vulnerable to hunger, including family farmers, with a special focus on infants, young children, adolescent girls and women of reproductive age.



Nutrition

Nutrition is integral part of food security. The WHO defines Nutrition as the intake of food, considered in relation to the body’s dietary needs. Good nutrition – an adequate, well balanced diet combined with regular physical activity – is a cornerstone of good health. Poor nutrition can lead to reduced immunity, increased susceptibility to disease, impaired physical and mental development, and reduced productivity.



Food & Nutrition Security Introduction

Right to Food Availability Access Utilization
Right to Adequate Food (RtAF)
Right to Adequate
Food (RtAF)
Voluntary Guidelines for Realization of RtAF
Voluntary
Guidelines for
Realization of RtAF
Rights-based Food and Nutrition Policies
Rights-based Food
and Nutrition Policies
Sovereign Food Systems
Sovereign
Food Systems
Monitoring Realization of the RtAF
Monitoring Realization
of the RtAF
Civil Society for the RtAF
Civil Society
for the RtAF
Sustainable Food Production
Sustainable
Food Production
Agriculture for Improved Nutrition
Agriculture for
Improved Nutrition
Nutrition Sensitive Value Chains
Nutrition Sensitive
Value Chains
Homestead Food Production
Homestead
Food Production
Food Loss and Waste
Food Loss
and Waste
Addressing Food Loss and Waste
Addressing Food
Loss and Waste
Addressing Food Loss and Waste - Examples
Addressing Food
Loss and Waste
- Examples
Productive Sanitation & the Link to Food Security
Productive Sanitation
& the Link to
Food Security
Livelihood and Access to Food
Livelihood and
Access to Food
Food Systems & Access to Food
Food Systems
& Access to Food
Food Supply Chains & Markets
Food Supply
Chains & Markets
Monitoring Access to Food
Monitoring Access
to Food
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS)
Household Food
Insecurity Access
Scale (HFIAS)
HFIAS Questionnaire
HFIAS Questionnaire
HFIAS Questionnaire (in context)
HFIAS Questionnaire
(in context)
Nutritional Needs During the Lifecycle
Nutritional Needs
During the Lifecycle
Nutritional Value of Major Food Groups
Nutritional Value
of Major
Food Groups
Food-based Dietary Guidelines
Food-based
Dietary Guidelines
Healthy Diets During the Lifecycle
Healthy Diets
During the Lifecycle
Food Safety
Food Safety
Nutrition Education - Design
Nutrition Education
- Design
Nutrition Education  - Outcome Mapping
Nutrition Education
- Outcome Mapping
Nutrition Behavioral Change and Communication
Nutrition Behavioral
Change and
Communication
Monitoring Nutrition - Women
Monitoring Nutrition
- Women
Dietary Diversity Questionnaire for Women
Dietary Diversity
Questionnaire
for Women
Monitoring Nutrition - Infants and Young Children
Monitoring Nutrition
- Infants and
Young Children
WASH and Nutrition
WASH and Nutrition


Manuals, videos and links

  • Webinar #22: Water-Smart Agriculture in East Africa. Farmers, and particularly smallholders, have a huge role to play in Africa's economic development. Their capacity to increase yields, derive higher incomes and support more sustainable future farming will be central to successful (and more inclusive) economic growth strategies. This webinar is about one key factor at the centre of farming development — the establishment of Water-Smart Agriculture (WaSA). Nested within the broader contexts of Climate-Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Intensification, WaSA is an approach to developing and using water in smallholder farming that seeks to systematise thinking on investments, enabling farmers and those working with them to make sound strategic choices within rapidly evolving social, economic and physical systems and amidst major climate uncertainty.
  • Water-Smart Agriculture in East Africa, a collaborative effort by CARE, GWI, IWMI, and CGIAR. A 321-page sourcebook for improving water management for smallholder farmers.


How to feed
9 billion people?
Bringing together agriculture,
nutrition, and health
Zero Hunger Challenge
- UN Secretary
Food Security
in East Africa
ICCO - Message World
Food Day 2014
Increasing Food Security for
the Most Vulnerable Countries
Food Security - Mapping
for sustainable intensification
The right to food -
An overview by
Olivier De Schutter


Acknowledgements

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